Combination garment



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' YPatented Nov. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT IorricE Harry Soldinger, Edgemere, N. Y. Application April 8, 1939, SerlalNo. 266,720

l Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garments and has particular -reference to a combination coat.

An object of the invention is to provide an im- 5 proved garment, such as a fur coat, of simple and practical construction wherein a jacket,

a skirt and sash portions constitutingthe entire ensemble may be worn altogether, the jacket worn alone or with the sash, and wherein the latter may be combined with the skirt to form a collared cape, with said sash having means for so securing portions thereof together as to drape the same over the shoulders and form a neck opening for said cape.

l" Another object is to interchangeably employ a portion of a garment as a sash or a collar, by providing said element with means whereby it Vmay be detachably connected to another portion of the garment to form a cape, and with further means for securing Vparts of the sash together to form the collar.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of a fur coat constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure la is a plan view of a combined sash and collar adapted to be employed as a part of the garment.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the element of Figure la, employed as a sash.

Figure 3 is an elevation illustrating the use of the jacket portion of the garment in combination with the sash.

Figure 4 is a front elevation showing the skirt portion employed as a cape, with the sash con-v nected thereto to form a collar for said cape. Figure 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, of the inner side of the combination sash and collar. E

Figure 6 is a similar view, with the collar partly formed and the skirt portion of the garment attached thereto.

Figure '7 is a fragmentary front elevation of the cape with the ends of the collar untied, and

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the means for connecting either the jacket portion of the garment or the collar to the skirt portion.

VAlthough the invention is illustrated in its adaptation to a fur coat, it will be obvious that the same may be applied to other types of garments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

As shown, the garment generally comprises a jacket lil, a skirt II detachably connected to said jacket, and the combined sash and collar I2 5 that may be either loosely worn about the waist or attached to the upper edge of the skirt II to form a cape as shown in Figures 4 and '7. Both the `lower edges of the jacket I0 and the sash I2 are of similar construction as shown in the 10 upper portion of Figure 8 and involve the application thereto of one element of a separable fastening means, such as a zipper, along the lower edge I3 of either the jacket II or the sash I2 which has attached to its inner surface an 15 inner lining I6 that combines with the outer lining I5 to form a pocket I6. Between the two lining portions, It, I5 there is secured, by means of stitching I1, one edge of a flexible strip I8 which, in the case oi the jacket, extends circum- 20 ferentially about the waist-line and, in the case of the sash I2, extends for a major portion of the length thereof and co-extensive with the width of the skirt II. This strip I8 carries any standard type of separable fastener elements I9 25 with which cooperates a sliding lock element 20. The upper edge of the skirt Il has also secured thereto a flexible strip 2| similar to the strip I8 and carrying separable fastener elements 22 adapted to cooperate with the elements I9 in the 30 usual manner to detachably connect the skirt either to the jacket IIl or to the element I2 when the latter is used as a collar. When employed as a sash, the element I2 may be placed andA tied in encircling relation to the waist either when us- 35 ing the full length garment consisting of jacket and skirt, or when employing the jacket alone as a bolero, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, respectively.

In order to utilize the element I2 as a collar for attachment to the skirt II after the latter has been detached from the jacket III said element I2 is provided upon the intermediate portion of the linner surface thereof with two groups of connecting elements, such as snap 45 fasteners or the like. The elements of each group are longitudinally aligned in parallel relationship to the upper and lower edges of the member I2 and the upper group consists, as shown, of six elements including the pair of female 50 members 23, and the pairs of male and female members 26, 25 and 26, 21. The other group of fastening elements consists ofl two male members 28 which are opposed and cooperate with the members 23 in the formation of the collar. 55

Thus, as shown in Figure 6, the rst step in the formation of the collar after the skirt Il has been fastened to the lower edge of the member l2 is to fold down the upper edge oi' the member l2 at the two points adjacent the elements 23, and secure the latter to the opposing elements 28. When the collar is completed these folded or inturned portions assume the positions shown in Figures 4 and 7 and assist in forming and maintaining the shoulder line of the cape. Following the folding operation just described the cape is ready to be worn and in draping the same over the shoulders, the pairs of fasteners 24, 25 and 26, 21 are secured together to form a restricted neck opening 29, and to lconnect the front and rear portions of the collar so that the same will be properly supported upon the shoulders. After being thuis adjusted the free ends of the collar may be tied to form an ascot 30 as shown in Figure 4.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment comprising, in combination, a jacket, a skirt, a sash, separable elements carried by said jacket and skirt for detachably joining the same to form a full length garment, and other separable elements carried by said sash for connection to the separable elements of said skirt to form therewith a collared cape.

2. A garment comprising, in combination, a jacket, a skirt, a sash, separable fasteners extending along the lower edge of said jacket. and the upper edge of said skirt for connecting said members to form a full length garment, other separable fasteners carried by said sash for attachment to the fasteners of said skirt when the latter is detached from said jacket, and means to secure portions of said sash together to form the same into a collar for said skirt so as to combine therewith to constitute a cape adapted to be draped over the shoulders.

3. A garment comprising, in combination, a jacket, a skirt, a sash, separable fasteners extending along the lower edge of said jacket and the upper edge of said skirt for connecting said members to form a full length garment, other separable fasteners carried by said sash for attachment to the fasteners of said skirt when the latter is detached from said jacket, and two groups of fasteners on said sash, certain fasteners of both groups being interconnected with each other and the remaining fasteners of one of said groups being also interconnected to form said sash into a collar with a restricted neck opening.

4. A garment comprising, in combination, a jacket, a skirt, a sash, separable fasteners extending along the lower edge of said jacket and the upper edge of said skirt for connecting said members to form a full length garment, other separable fasteners carried by said sash for attachment to the fasteners of said skirt when the latter is detached from said jacket, and two longitudinal rows of fastening elements on said sash, the elements of one row being opposed to cooperating elements in the other row and adapted for interconnection with each other to form outer shoulder portions of a collar, and the remaining fasteners of said other row being grouped for interconnection with each other to provide a restricted neck portion lfor said collar. 5. A garment comprising, in combination, a skirt also capable of use as a portion of a cape, a sash adapted to be formed into a collar for said cape, cooperating separable fasteners for securing said sash to said skirt when said elements are to be used as a cape, and two groups of fasteners on said sash, certain fasteners in each group being opposed for interconnection and other fasteners of one of said groups being also interconnected to form, respectively, the outer shoulder portions and the neck opening in said collar.

HARRY SOLDINGER. 

